Title: Default og:image missing
Last modified: February 19, 2022

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# Default og:image missing

 *  Resolved [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * (@amarilindra)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/)
 * I have a few pages in our website where we don’t set the featured image expecting
   it will fallback to the default image we selected at Social -> Facebook -> Default
   image
 * It used to work earlier but now it is no longer working.
 * Currently, when a featured image is not set, the og:image tag is missing and 
   not generated automatically.
 * Example URL: [https://www.geekdashboard.com/category/news/](https://www.geekdashboard.com/category/news/)
 * Note: I’m using the Yoast free version.
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/).
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * (@amarilindra)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15386204)
 * Anyone with a solution to this issue?
 *  Plugin Support [Maybellyne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maybellyne/)
 * (@maybellyne)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15394669)
 * Hello Amar,
 * I am sorry that your fallback `og:image` for the news category page is not being
   picked up; I can confirm that `og:image` for [https://www.geekdashboard.com/category/news/](https://www.geekdashboard.com/category/news/)
   is missing.
 * Can you please confirm if you want the desired behavior for pages, posts or categories
   as the settings differ? To set a default image for a category, it should be done
   by editing the category, scrolling down to the Yoast SEO metabox and setting 
   the image. Does this resolve the issue?
 *  Thread Starter [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * (@amarilindra)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15394699)
 * Hi
 * It works when I manually edit a category and add a featured image. But I don’t
   want to do it.
 * Since there are plenty of such categories, tags, posts, etc on my site, I want
   to use a default placeholder when I didn’t set a featured image manually.
 * Is it possible? It yes, how can I do it?
 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15402430)
 * Hi [@amarilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * The `og:image` tag tries to draw from the following sources and if it doesn’t
   find any suitable image, goes to the next possible fallback in this order:
 * -A user-defined image “Facebook image” in the Social tab of the Yoast metabox.
   -
   A user-defined “Featured image” for the page (only for posts). -A prominent image
   from the page’s content. -The “Social default image” from the template in Search
   Appearance. -The site’s fallback/default social image (set at SEO > Social > 
   Facebook > Default image).
 * Could you check if you’ve set fallback images for the category taxonomy in Search
   Appearance, and as well as under SEO > Social > Facebook?
 *  Thread Starter [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * (@amarilindra)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15402765)
 * Hi
 * I did the following to solve the issue:
 * 1. I removed the image that was already set at SEO > Social > Facebook > Default
   image.
 * 2. I added the same image again and Saved the settings.

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 * Last reply from: [Amar Ilindra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amarilindra/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-ogimage-missing/#post-15402765)
 * Status: resolved